There are several outstanding concert videos at the link.
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Yes. One of the greatest of the greats.
I was fortunate to see and hear him play live on 3 occassions. they were all amazing but the final time was really special because he was sober! i was a big fan. since the day he died i just dont listen to his music. it makes me too sad.
25 years. Doesn’t seem real. SRV was one of the best. Still missing my fellow Texan.
RIP SRV. You are missed.
Based upon the research of Malcolm Gladwell published in the book “Outliers”, it is likely we will soon witness a proliferation of outstanding guitar players as a large number of musicians reach the 10,000 hour mark.
I always thought he did the Hendrix stuff better than Hendrix himself.
Pride and Joy is still one of my favorites.
My absolute favorite Stevie song is “Riviera Paradise”. He’s got a lot of good ones, but that’s my fav. Gotta have a lot of admiration and respect for someone who make a guitar (any instrument for that matter) sing like that.
“Texas Flood” for me.
I posed next to his statue next to Lady Bird Lake in Austin a few years ago. Then I heard that where I stood was flooded in a real Texas flood. Sort of a circle completed.
I was at that concert. It was a horrible night. A many year loving relationship with my fiancé ended that night as well.
Truly one of the best and so sad he was taken after he cleaned up. He didn't play, it 'flowed' through him....
Awesome in-studio gig with Albert King....
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan — In Session 2010 1983
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SRV was one of a kind. The Lord musta really wanted him playing personally.
We used to go to the Bar in Austin back in the good ‘Ol days and sit at a table 10’ from the stage before SRV went BIG Time, $1 beers no big hassles like going to a Concert.
Back when life was simple...
Saw SRV at the Gorge in in Eastern Wa just a few week from his death. He played Voodoo Chile behind his back for the whole thing song and I think he ended the night with Riviera Paridise as his last with the sunset over the gorge. I think it was the night he got back his # 1 Strat that had been stolen and recovered. He seemed reallly happy to have it back.
One of the few artists who was even better playing live. He opened for Joe Cocker.
He did do Hendrix better. Hendrix was usually too wasted to play good live. SRV had a great voice too.
As a guitarist myself, his loss was hard for me, honestly, I have never been more upset over the loss of an artist more than when he died. He had so much more left to give.
Had Christmas Eve dinner with him in Dallas, his wife, and Midge Marsten (Bluesman of New Zealand.) It was his last Christmas Eve on Earth. I did not know who he was but found out a lot about him and his music afterwards. He was kind of shy. I went skiing at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin in the February after that night. That is where he died in August in the crash. It was really weird. But in that short period of time his music really got into me. And then the tragedy. If he played first in a a concert for a larger named act, from what I found out, a lot of people left because they came to hear Stevie. Just a shame.
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SRV’s version of “The Sky is Crying” is one of my all time favorite songs, in any classification.
I remember the day he died. Fortunately, I attended six or seven concerts of his. His shows stand out from the hundreds that I’ve seen.